Chess & Bridge and the 4NCL are delighted to collaborate with our friends at Guaranteed Events and Bridge Overseas to bring you top quality chess weekend breaks at four star hotels carefully selected for the excellent facilites and friednly atmosphere. Join us for a full weekend of chess activities, including not only a five round rapidplay tournament but also lectures, coaching and a simultaneous display provided by Grandmaster Simon Williams.

The London Chess Centre can help, learn the basics in just three weeks, with friendly and informal group teaching. The course is aimed at complete beginners and will teach everything from how the pieces move, to tactics, openings, end-game and middle-game techniques. You will be taught by an experienced chess player and provided with hand-outs, summarising everything covered and allowing you to practice puzzles and study examples. The course is offered at £60.

Unlike most online stores we also have a shop located in the heart of London where we hope to welcome you soon. The store on Baker Street is open Monday to Saturday 9.30am to 6pm and from 11am to 5pm on Sundays. We are also open late on Thursday evenings till 7pm.

Of course, if you have any questions our specialist members of staff will be more than happy to help.

Huge clearance sale both in store and online with savings of up to 75%! These include luxury wooden chess sets, chess books, chess software and chess DVDs. We're constantly adding to our sale too so if you don't see something you like immediately, check back later to see if there's anything new on offer!

Jacob Aagaard presents the reader with a few key concepts in the endgame and invites him to test his skills with a lot of examples from recent tournament practice.

Where many endgame books are theoretical and emphasize memorization, Endgame Play is based entirely in the real world, where the ability to react precisely in technical positions is a life skill. Read more

This universal clock storage case transports and stores up to ten DGT clocks. Instead of fitting one specific type of clock the case fits any type of DGT clock.

It is made from aluminium and it is internally padded with foam to ensure that the clocks are protected and secured in place while in transit. The case is also fitted with a key lock for added security.

Ideal for the chess clubs and tournament organisers that want to protect their most valuable assets - the digital chess clocks. This clock box can accommodate the following models of DGT chess clock: DGT2010, DGT XL, DGT North American and DGT Easy and Easy Plus chess clocks. Read more

DGT presents to you the Revelation II with Ebony Pieces - Luxury Wooden Chess Set and Integrated Chess Computer

Designed for your ultimate chess playing experience, Revelation II is the perfect combination of a luxurious wooden chess board and integrated chess computer system developed in the Netherlands by Digital Game Technology and Phoenix Chess Systems. The tournament size chess board is an innovative DGT sensor board with individual piece recognition and inlaid LED lights to indicate the chess moves. Read more

Even less-experienced chess players have learnt how to develop their pieces in the opening or even know certain opening variations by heart. But when the middlegame starts, they don’t know how to judge positions and develop their play – and their ches s stagnates. On this DVD, well-known Indian WGM Tania Sachdev shows you how to evaluate certain positions and then find the right concepts and plans on the basis of her own games.See free preview here

Grandmaster Repertoire 17 - The Classical Slav - provides a sound and active repertoire based on 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4. White’s early deviations from move 3 onwards are also covered. GM Boris Avrukh has had the Slav in his repertoire throughout his career and has never lost a serious game with it.